Je l'avais contacté au sujet de cette photo, et il m'avait adressé cet email:"Hi FrancoisThank you for the kind words re my Rory pics.YES by all mean use the pics for your site but please be sure to ensure there is a link back as these days I make my living only from photography and Graphic Design.

Yes I knew Lonnie very well, I used to be a professional musician and played drums with him for about 6 years.

I first met Donal, Rory's brother, when I had dealings with his drummer Rod D'Eath. I was a Promotions Manager at the time working for CBS Musical Instruments, and I was at the Albert Hall to ensure that all was well with the drummer. When Donal was introduced to me by Rod, and he found out that I was a friend of Lonnie's it was then that Donal had the idea of me going to Lonnie's house and asking him if he would come and just walk on to the stage and wish Rory Happy Birthday.

This is what I did. At that time Lonnie lived in Chiswick in West London and it was not far from the Albert Hall. Lonnie took a little convincing at first because, he was never really up to speed with the Rock musicians, as his background was Jazz. But he finally agreed, and I'm pleased to say that he and Rory became very good friends after that, so much so that Lonnie used Rory on his 'All Star' album that Adam Faith produced, along with Elton John, Ringo Starr, Bryan May etc. etc."

Mark Goodwin: "Took this when I was Promotions Manager for CBS/Arbiter during the late 1970's.This meeting was organised to discuss Fender guitars and the improvements that could be made if any. Rory was obviously committed to his Fender Strat. Ivor loved to talk to musicians, 'his customers' the people who actually used the product, rather than the retailers who sold the product.We had many meetings like this, with all sorts of musicians, unfortunately I wasn't always available to photograph them all."